The Escola Superiror de Innovación de l’Esport is linked to the Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia, UFEC, in charge of organizing and giving impetus to its training offer and stimulating innovation in the field of sport.
We are an entity that integrates the wealth of training that the UFEC has developed throughout its history and we are the driving force behind the creation of new studies related to the needs of the sports sector in a constantly evolving world.
ESIDE integrates courses, research projects and monographic dialogue conferences programmed together with prestigious collaborators. Clear and practical quality content trains and equips sports professionals with maximum efficiency and confidence in the challenges they face in their day-to-day lives.
Founded in 1933, the UFEC is a solidarity body of the Catalan sports federations and, among other functions, offers sports education.
The foundation of this training task is contained in the Sport Professions Law 3/2008 where, together with the General Secretariat of Sport, the UFEC achieves the commitment to promote face-to-face and semi-face-to-face training programs, with the aim to guarantee adequacy from all the training of sports technicians to the specific needs of sports linked to the sports federations of Catalonia. However, it ensures implementation throughout its territory.
Today, the UFEC carries out more than thirty annual training events aimed at sports technicians and managers with an average of 400 registrants.
Provide sports education services to federations, professionals and sports organizations.
Respond to the knowledge needs of sports technicians and managers in an environment in continuous evolution and growth.
To become a European reference center for the training and retraining of sports technicians and managers, training and preparing them to face the challenges posed by emerging sports and to adapt to changes in traditional sports.
Sport is a tool that must be used to promote peace , well-being, social cohesion, gender equality, quality education, environmental, economic and social sustainability
Under this pillar, ESIDE’s work is based on honesty, transparency and quality .
